I’m having a real tough time with my daughter and her liberal thinking, even though she says she’s a conservative. She BELIEVES there were no WMD in Iraq; that we “invaded” the country; that there is a “civil war” there.
Her dad must be rolling over his his grave. She doesn’t want to hear the voice of reason, and I don’t know how to get over that barrier.
I send her FR URLs, but I have no idea if she reads the articles. It’s sounds like not.
Maybe she’s a Ron Paul “conservative” lol.
Virtually all agencies concerned with Iraq's WMD programs have reached the conclusion that Saddam was an expert at delay, dispersion, and deception. His nuclear program had restarted as reported earlier this year by Dr. Kay, the previous head of the ISG. Also, 'seed agents' and other bio—toxins had been dispersed throughout Baghdad and Iraq to form the basis for the regeneration of a full—fledged BW program. This modus operandi was no different for the regeneration of Saddam's chemical weapons program. Operating under the guise of legitimate industrial and agricultural chemical production and storage, Iraq would have gone into full—scale conversion of its stockpile of chemical precursors into weaponized agents, had the Coalition not attacked and seized Iraq.
The proper way to view events in Iraq is not through a military prism.
Ask your daughter what would be the best things that could happen to the people there, and ask what sorts of events are likely to let those things happen.
A dispassionate analysis should conclude that an expansion of Freedom would be best, not only for the Iraqis and their region, but also for the rest of the world.
Our purpose there is not the suppression of WMDs or of a particular religion, but the opening up of economic opportunity. With burgeoning economic opportunity, freedom tends to follow, and Iraq's economy is burgeoning.
By comparison, Iran's economy is stagnating. Even without military pressures, if things go on this way for very much longer, the people sneaking into Iraq from Iran will not be terrorists, but opportunists, seeking to better their lives.